Heather Duffy, co-host of Anne Heche's "Better Together" podcast, is still dealing with the loss of her "beautiful friend."
On Wednesday, Duffy wrote an emotional tribute to her 53-year-old actress. He died from injuries sustained in a car accident earlier this month.
"I had to take some time to begin to process the deep loss of a beautiful friend with the kindest soul I know," Duffy said of her two I wrote on Instagram with a photo of A smile standing back to back.
“Despite the difficulties she faced in life, Anne was full of joy. Spreading kindness was of the utmost importance to her. Even if sometimes the world didn't give it back.
Later, Duffy admired his friend's "courage" and that it took a "sacrifice" to come out as bisexual in the late '90s.
"Her public advocacy for equality has allowed many LGBTQ+ people around the world to see a future where they can live their truth. That was the most important thing for her," she continued. 25 years ago, when she chose to bring a woman as a date to the premiere of 'Volcano', we have come a long way because of her truth, courage and kindness.
The deceased actress,You shocked Hollywood by bringing your friend, Ellen DeGeneres, into the drama. It premiered in 1997 after she was warned that it could negatively affect her career.
The podcast host,, how she was harshly criticized for standing up for what she believed in while she was still alive. He says he wished the media had recognized Taka.
``She was way ahead of us.
voices on the pair's podcast Duffy isn't the only one to have raised a since Heche's tragic death. Last week, podcast producer Ryan Tillotson said the Emmy winner was nothing short of"irreplaceable."
"Anne was not only a loving host, but a friend, a collaborator, and a wonderful actress. Anne filled every room she entered with her tremendous energy."
The actress never regained consciousness after suffering " severe anaerobic brain injury from a severe car accident on August 5". When she drove a blue Mini Cooper to a Los Angeles residence.
Police investigation into shipwreck halted after her death. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Coroner revealed that her official cause of death was smoke inhalation and burns sustained in the crash.
Heche has her 13-year-old son Atlas and Canadian actor James Tupper, 20-year-old son Homer and her ex-husband Coleman Laffoon.
